Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-02
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC.

Jack Myrick tcoloredD was lynched in Hen
ry county, Ala, by 100 people of his own
race. He outraged white lady.
Samuel Fabyan of Philadelphia fed to
New York with $40, 900 stolen from DR.. Jo-
seph Fabyan, his father. He was arrested
and the detectives recovered all but $50 of
the stolen money
The Brooklyn, Coney island and Brighton
Beach railroad and the buildings on the
property were sold at auction for S6S1 900,
under foreclosure of the mortgage of $780,
600 with debt of S6l4,000. The property
was bought by the second mortgage bond
holders.
The steamer City of Washington brought
to New York Capt Garau and his crew of
II men of the brigantine Catalonia of Palma,
Majorca, who had been taken from the
wreck of their vessel On the 10Th inst, 700
miles from New York the brigantine was
caught in a violent hurricane, and after
three days of misery and two Of starvation,
the men were taken off by the steamer.
Paymaster George r. Watkins, U. S. N,
has been sent to st. Quentin to serve a sem
tence of three years at hard labor. During
his Imprisonment he is to receive one-hatf
furlough pay, and at the expiration of his
sentence will be dismissed from the service.
Watkins was tried on board his ship, the
Ossipee, at Yokohama, May |, 1886, and
found guilty of fraud, embezzlement, deser-
ton and other offences AS paymaster, Wat
kins was entitled to $3700 year, and he has
been drawing pay at the rate of 1922 q year
ever since his sentence.
Advices have been received at Chicago that
the Canadian Pacific railway will put on q
new aud powerful steamer between Portland
and Vancouver This means q new route
between the Columbia river and the East,
especially New York, Boston and Chicago
! &c tcI hate de-
wool will be heavily promoted by the connec-
| ton.
One hundred and fifty-three business fail
ures have occurred in the United States dur
ing the seven days ending Aug. 26.
A case of yellow fever was reported to the
New York health department, said to be on
vessel lying in the East river.
The st. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado
railway have taken the final steps in the
course of the absorption of the road by the
Santa Fe system
Prof H. s. Whitney of the Excelsior acad-
envy, on the shore of Lake Minnetonka,
Mimi, was drowned in the lake. Three
children were playing on raft, which went
to pieces, and he, swimming out to save
them, became tangled in the weeds. Two of
the children were rescued alive, the third
being drowned.
DR.. Kenyon Of Centre View, Mo-, was
murderously attacked at his own door and
| John and Sam Glenn have been arrested as
his assailants. About Is months ago DIR.
Kenyon married cousin of the Glenn boys.
Since then the doctor and his wife have not
lived together peaceably The Glenns allege
that the doctor has whipped his wife, and
this is the supposed cause of the attack DR..
Kenyon is in a critical condition.
A special from Genwood Springs says:
| A hottla hoc tolyaO rlona hatuyaan Aa1I
men and band of Indians. Deputy Sheriff
Jack Ward was killed, and four whites were
wounded A courier reports 700 Indians in
the field. A later dispatch says: "The Utes
are on the reservation, and the commander
Of the forces at Fort du Chesne has agreed to
assist the United States marshal in restrain
ing Colorow and his Indians. They are
wanted by Sheriff Kendall. 1t has been
agreed to here by Leslie and Kendall, and a
courier has been dispatched to headquarters
for an Endorsement there. The war is viI-
tually over"
A Minnesota clergyman and an EDITORS
wife elope, visiting Europe on stolen church
funds.
By collision at Wayne Junction on the
Pennsylvania railroad, a brakeman was
killed and two others seriously injured. A
few cars were smashed, but traffic was not
impeded.
The Thakore of Limbdi has arrived in New
| York. He is a ruler over about 10000 peo-
pie in the province of Limbdi, in Bengal. and
Is the first Indian prince to visit this country.
He has been attending the Queens jubilee in
London. He is 25 years old, very highly
educated, speaks English fluently, and dresses
in the European style.
An earthquake shock occurred at Columbia,
s. c., accompanied by the usual roar and
lasting some seconds. The motion was uu-
dulating.
An alteration occurred in Decatur, Ga,
brought on by an unruly colored man at a
colored church gathering. Officers were
called in, riot followed, when a general
firing ensued, in which Town Marshal Hunt
was killed and an unknown negro shot dead.
Tom Shivers (white) is mortaly wounded,
Henry Waters, aged about 25, barber Ct
Chicago, has disappeared, leaving a number
of mourning creditors. He was stylish
dresser and glib talker, and managed tc
make quite an impression on several Gus
toners. He went to several of his friends,
and accumulated diamonds, jewelry, cash,
clothing, ETC., aggregating in value about
5000. This includes $500 worth of gems boI-
rowed "to put on style at a wedding" as he
said, two gold watches, suit of clothes and
several rings. He was left alone in the shop,
and improved the opportunity by making of
| Will every IuLllS VI Ndlue
1t is reported that members Of the Grand
Army participating in the Wheeling (W
! Va.) demonstration refuse to pass under q
portrait of President Cleveland.
Judge Alexander McCue has been ap
pointed United States fish commissioner tx
succeed the late Prof. Baird.
The reprieve of John Thomas Ross, whc
was to have been executed at Baltimore
Md, reached the sheriff in time to stay the
execution. Ross received the intelligence
with emotion.
The duke of Marlboro is making tour Of
the country.
An explosion of dualin occurred at Draper
collery Gilberton, Pa, killing one mar
and injuring five Others one of them fatally
The nlrn were receiving the dualin at tht
bottom of the slope, when a spark from
lamp fell on the primed end and exploded
it.
Gov Hill has granted the requisition of thu
Governor of Massachusetts, for Fred M
Chandler, wanted in Springfield for robbinl
his father Of S3. The young mans father i
wealthy, and takes this means of getting hi!
son hoihe. with the intention, it is said o
sending him to the reformatory for marrying
against his wishes. Young Chandler was az
rested in Troy.
Thomas s. Baldwin, the San Frarcisc,
aeronaut repeated at Rockaway beach, hi'
feat of jumping from balloon. The Ca'
was Of so poor a quality that the balloon
only rose about 1000 feet Baldwin descended
safely with his parachute about three fourth
of a mile from the shore, and was picked VI
by boat.
There is faint hope that some of the crev
of whaling ship Napoleon, lost in the Arcti
seas in 1885, may yet be alive.
Serious damage to tho fishing fleet alonl
the Newfoundland coast by recent gales i
reported.
Five prisoners in jail at Flint, Mich, hav
made'their escape.
FOREIGN.